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Continue reading →: Do the decent thing, Labour. Go on, you might like it if you once try it.
I am very happy to be a co-signatory to this letter, sent to Hazel Blears today in her capacity as Chair of the Labour Party: 7 November 2006 Re: Mr Danny Dewsbury Employment – URGENT Dear Ms Blears, We are writing to you in respect of your engagement of Mr…
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Continue reading →: Climate chaos? Don’t believe it
Link: Telegraph | News | Climate chaos? Don’t believe it . In 1995, David Deming, a geoscientist at the University of Oklahoma, had written an article reconstructing 150 years of North American temperatures from borehole data. He later wrote: “With the publication of the article in Science, I gained significant…
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Continue reading →: The Devil’s Kitchen: Falling at the first hurdle
Link: The Devil’s Kitchen: Falling at the first hurdle. “Councillor Terry falls at the first hurdle really, by proudly declaring “I’m a Socialist” which, as you may have gathered by now, equates—in the narrowed eyes of your humble Devil—to him announcing that, “I am a narrow-minded, vicious, jealousy-driven tosspot with…
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Continue reading →: Suspect Paki » United KKKingdom
Link: Suspect Paki » Blog Archive » United KKKingdom. A lot of bloggers have referenced this splendid rant by a blogger new to me, known as “Suspect Paki.” We read a fair few rants about British Muslims. It’s refreshing to read a rant by a British Muslim, especially as he…
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Continue reading →: The UK Daily Pundit: Chattering Classes Hijacking Democracy
Link: The UK Daily Pundit: Chattering Classes Hijacking Democracy. Exactly. And another thing the eco-fascists don’t tell you is how many would die as a consequence of scaling back modern civilisation to meet their emissions targets. Don’t worry. Those targets won’t be met anyway. Britain produces less that 2% of…
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Continue reading →: CredoThe author reflects on the decline of personal faith and societal values, acknowledging the positive impact of Christianity on morality and community. He critiques the current moral vacuum, suggesting that the absence of a coherent belief system has led to societal issues, including the rise of alternative faiths and extremism.…
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Continue reading →: In or out?
Travelling on business this week, I have spent a couple of days in Bucharest. Most of today will be spent, tediously, making my way back to Moscow. It was interesting to talk to Romanian colleagues yesterday about attitudes to the EU. Generally, Romanians are in favour of joining, but apparently…
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Continue reading →: Politics – Claim Scots suffer as more Poles need services
Link: Scotsman.com News – Politics – Claim Scots suffer as more Poles need services. What drivel! Why demonise the Polish workers for getting in the queue for Scottish benefits? I lived in Poland for over a decade. No government or local government information was available in anything but Polish. It…
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Continue reading →: When is it ok to speed?
Link: Adelaide Green Porridge Cafe: When is it ok to speed?. Wonderfully creative subversion in Australia. It gives one confidence that the people will always find ways to frustrate the police state.
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Tom is a retired international lawyer. He was a partner in a City of London law firm and spent almost twenty years abroad serving clients from all over the world.
Returning to London on retirement in 2011, he was dismayed to discover how much liberty had been lost in the UK while he was away.
He’s a classical liberal (libertarian, if you must) who, like his illustrious namesake, considers that
“…government even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one.”
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